The Sun. — London, England, 1818-07-18 00:00:00

The OR !GI NT and PROGRESS of the FRENCH ' REVOLUTION, front 1788 to 1816. [l' ..-.1 RT V 1 Kleher, deserted in Egypt, was assassinated. Sir James Pultney went there from Ferrol in Spain, with 12,000 men, but he was afterwards super ceeded by Sir Ralph Abercrombie, who landed on the 7th March, fought the French on the 13th, -and beat theist on the 21st, with the loss of 4000 men, and about 1500 of our own. In the next year, 1801, the union of Ireland commenced. Admirals Parker and Nelson defeated the Danes off Copenhagen, and Malta surrendered to us. Peace was agreed on between Austria and France, and Naples and France, and on the 2211 August Egypt was compered by the British, after Spain and Portugal had agreed to a peace. On the 2241 March, 1802, peace was settled at Amiens, be tween England and France. The French Revo lution was apparently dosed, and Christianity re stored ; but Buonaparte having violated the treaty, and having trespassed on Helvetia, war was in 1803 necessarily renewed against . France, and also by Austria arid Russia. In 1805 . was fought the battle of Austerlitz, and on the 21st October, Nelson took and destroyed the com bined fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafal gar. He was killed there, and his body brought home ; and in 1806 it was interred in St. Paul's Church. On the 9th January the battle of Jena was fought, and on the 26th December, another iu POland with the Russians. In June, 1807, the battle of Tilsit was fought, which on the 3d July brought on a Treaty there. In September, Lord Gambier besieged Copenhagen, took 18 ships, and brought them here. In December, the Queen of Portugal and her Court quitted Lisbon and sailed for the Brazils. In 1808 Buonaparte, having intrigued with certain Ministers of the Spanish Government, against the King and his Throne, went to Bayonne, and sent a guard of honour to him, which conducted hint to that city, where he abdicated his kingdom in favour of his son, from whose head Buonaparte took the crown, and put it on the head of his brother Joseph, sending him and his son into the south of France. This provoked Spain, and having implored our assistance, she rose in favour of Ferdinand VII., made peace with us, took the French ships at Cadiz, and opened her ports. In September the battle of Vimiera, in Portugal, was fought, under Sir Hew Dalrymple, Sir Harry Burrard, and Sir Arthur Wellesley, who took Jonot and all his army, which they sent into France. The next battle was at Coruntia, under Sir John Moore, who was killed, and in 1809 another at Oporto, and on the 27th and 28th July; another at Tala vera. Then we took the Isle of Walcheren off the Dutch coast ; and in 1810 the Battle of Bit saco was fought ; and in 1811 another at Bar ossa, when the French under Massena retreated from Celerico ; then the battle of Almeida, Albufera, end on the 25th September of Cuidad Rodrigo, and in October of Caceres, after which Cuidad Rodrigo was taken. On the 7th April 1812, the battle of Badajos ; and in June, of Almarez ; and the 22d July, of Salamanca ; and in August, of Madrid, under Lord Wellington, who in Sep tember beseiged Burgos, which he afterwards quitted. In the North Buonaparte crossed the Dwina, and invaded Russia. To save t h at Empire, Mos cow, its ancient city, was burnt by its inhabit alias, and the Russians rose en masse. Joined with Austria and Prussia, they defeated and re pressed the whole French army of enormous nuin hers, in killed, wounded, taken, and perished ; and Buonaparte run away at full speed. Between October 1812 and March 1813, Russia and Prus sia having formed a treaty, drove the French from that part of the North, and followed them in their retreat into the heart of Germany, where an ar mistice took place till the 20th July, when the battle of Vittoria in Spain was fought, 151 pieces of cannon taken, 415 baggage waggons, and all the enemy's treasure, while the Allies in the North beat Buonaparte, Ney, Saint Cyr, Oudinot, Macdonald, Vandamme, &c. On the 26th Sep tember Lord Wellington took Pampeluna and St. Sebastian, and in October he crossed the Bidassa into France, and heat the French op their own ground, in the south of their country. To the north of it on the 18th, Bavaria joined Austria, and Buonaparte was driven front Leipzig and Dresden to Erfurt, all his army routed, and his brother Jerome forced out of Saxony. On the 21st November the Dutch rose in Holland, and drove the French out of it. The Stadtholder and the old Government were restored, and in the Smith Wellington crossed the Atlour, and took Bourdeaux ; in the North the Austrians entered Frankfort, and in concert with Russia published a mild Proclamation for a general fast. Itv De cember Dautzig and Cuxhaven fell, and on the THE SUN. ISOLEM QUIS DICEKE FALSUISI AUDEAT LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1818. The Journal de Paris, received this morning, in a Note to the London News, respecting the inten tion on the part of the Americans of taking pos session of Pensacola, says—" We have received intelligence, by the way of New York, of the taking of Pensacola by General JACKSON, and also of the occupation of the whole of the Floridas." We received this morning the Paris Papers of Wednesday last. The following are ex:nets : " PARIS, JULY 15.—Yesterday morning the King gave an audience of leave to the Duke of Wellington, who is about to set out for CAmbray. His Grace had also the honour of being after wards presented to their Royal Highnesses Ma dan►e, Monsieur, ann the Duke d'Angouleme. Great preparations are making at the Cha teau of Rambouillet for the reception, on the 27th instant, of the King and all the Court. " By order of the King, the remains of the late General Kleber are to be transferred to the Chateau of If, at Strasburg, his native city, with all the honours due to his merits and services. " MINISTRY OF THE MARINE AND COLONIES. " The bkig l'Argus, commanded by M. de Melay, Captain of frigate, set sail the Bth inst. from L'Orieut for Senegal. ." It was preceded in the voyage to that Colony by the goelette Iris, dispatched from Rochefort the 29th April last, and the Avitio le Moucheron, sent from Toulon the 10th ult. " The Commanders of these vessels, which are to be stationed at Senegal, have orders to visit French ships, and to .seize those which shall be found to be employed in the traffic known by the name of the Slave Trade, and which is formally prohibited by the Law of the kith April, 1818, as well as by the Ordonnances of his Majesty, dated the Bth January, 1817, and the 24th June • last. " Letters from Dresden announce the death of General Zeschwitz, a distinguished officer, Com mander•in-Chief of the Saxon cavalry. FIVE PER CENTS. Tuesday , . ... 77 f. 90 c. DEFERRED STOCK of the •22d March, 1817, ... 88 f. 5 c. 22(1 Sept. 1817, B6 f. (."?2al March, 1818, B4 f. —C. ‘r 1,716NNA, JULY 3.—The Chevalier Navarro ('Andrade, the Portuguese Minister to our Court, set out the day before yesterday for Carlsbad, " JULY 4.—The Prince de Metternich sets out in the course of next week for Carlsbad, accom panied by the Councillor, the Count de Mercy ; he will probably not return to Vienna before the meeting of Sovereigns at Aix-la-Chapelle. " TrtENT, JUNE 26.—The Duchess of Parma arrived here yesterday evening ‘vith a numerous suite, of which the Count de Ncipperg forms part. The Princess continued her route this morning for Vienna. " FRANKFORT, JULY 7.—lt is understood that t h e AL T e ditary Prince of Hesse Homburg will be Rpoinled Governor of Mayence, and that he wilt les* in that city, which is to be a fortress of the Confederation. COBLENTZ, JULY 5.---After the conferences at Aix-la-Chapelle, the King of Prussia prtiposes to make a tour in the Grand Duchy of the Rhine. " A part of the troops forming the Prussian corps in France will, it is said, remain in the Grand Duchy after the evacuation of the French provinces now occupied. " AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, JULY B.—The. residences of the Sovereigns during their sray here are final ly arranged, but it is thought they will not re main so long as was expected." NVe are really astonished at, the manner in which The New Times perseveres in treating the subject of the recent Conspiracy in Paris, though, ,with the cautions, policy of the French Papers., it does not attempt to deny its existence. The Edi tor says that " there are in Paris some wretched vagabonds, a disgrace to the name of Englishmen, who have sold themselves either to the - Freneh Police, or to the Jacobins, for the . purpose of. ;promoting that 'Reuolution which both ,I these :Factions have in view'." On the 'other hand; we !have heard that sonie English Editors have sold .themselves .to the Ultras, • riot for the. purpose, ,intleed", ,of renewing the ,horrors of the. Re volirtion, but with the visionary folly 'of re storing the ancient order of things in 'France. The vague and uncertain charge of The New Times slims that it speaks upon conjecture rather than knowledge. The New Times says also, " the contemptible wretches who send over their letters to our mistaken Editors, .are certainly not the original authors of the wick ed attempt to blast the French Nobility in the eyes of Europe." In justice to our own Corre spondents, we can venture to affirm, that they are not " wretched vagabonds" and '' contemptible wretches," but men of learning and talents, and at least full as respectable, if not more so, as any of the Correspondents of The New Times, or of any other English Journal. Far from having any revolutionary projects in view, our Correspond ents are anxious to preserve . the present order of things in France, to support the Monarch, and to repel the efforts of faction. These purposes, and these only, our Correspondents have had in view, and we are surprized that an Editor of such ta lents, such knowledge, and of so liberal a charac ter, should have . thrown out ,such loose arid un founded aspersions. 'TO et 4, the matter short. . ~ Can The New Times . deny that there has been a Conspiracy in Paris, tliat it has been detected and frustrated, and that some of the accomplices have fled, and others Hie itiplisonl—The names of seve ral of the Conspirators have been mentioned in those English Journals whOse communications must have been derived from, different sources, but they all agree as to the actual existence of that Conspiracy, which The New nines, ‘cith all its ran dom aspersions, has not ventured to deny. To return to our own Correspondents. They are Persons who are far above the attacks of The New Times: They are men of respectable rank in Society, and do not write from interested motives, for they receive nothing from us, but from a sincere attachment to the King of FRANCE, and the present order of things in that Country, which they wish to secure against the dangerous attempts of men, who are actuated by old prejudices in favour of a system of GOvernment which the Revolution totally de, stroyed, and which 'never can be revived. ,The very attempt to revive that system can only tend to produce anarchy in France, and consternation and commotion all over Europe. We differ indeed in one respect with our Correspondents, who conceive that the presence of the Allied Troops in France is the only obstacle to the tran quillity of its people, and the security of its Go vernment. We, on the contrary, still conceive, that the continuance of those troops in the French territories, is not only necessary for the peace and security of . France itself, but for the welfare, the independence, and the security of all other Countries. THE QUEEN.—The report of the QUEEN yes terday was," Her MAJESTY has had a goud night, and is much the same to-day." The Duke and Duchess of Yoßx left town yesterday morning, to pay their respects to the QUE2N at Kew. DUKE AND DUCHESS OF Cumnr.ruaNn.—Yes terday morning, a little before eleven o'clock, the Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND left St. James's Palace for,Germany, accompanied by the Princess of SoLms. They were attended by Airs. Captain JONES, on the Duchess ; Captain JONES and Major POTEN, on the Duke ; and Miss COOPER, the Eng lish Governess to the Princess of Sotto,. The Royal Party were to proceed yesterday to Dover, where the Royal yacht is to convey them to Ca lais. Their Royal Highnesses proceed to the Gellll4ll Spa, where a house has been prepared for their reception. Their Royal Highnesses remain there some time, and then proceed on a short tour. The Duke and Duchess have behaved in the most liberal and handsome manner towards their do mestics. They have taken all with them who Were agreeable to accompany them, and they have not distharged any. 26th January, 1814, peace was signed at Basic I.e -t%reen Denmark and England. In February the northern Allies were in Champagne and Burgun dy, the heart of France, and General Platoff was in Fontainbleau. In March Lord Wellington entered Bourdeaux with the . joyful consent of the people, who declared fur. the Bourbons, and sported the white cockade. On the 30th the Russians and Prussians, after beating the French from place to place, entered Paris, which sur rendered with 12,000 men, commanded by Mar mont, on condition of sparing the life of Buona parte, whose wife and child fled to Rambouillet. On the Ist April the Conservative Senate in a Committee of Fire, whereof Talleyrand was one, resolved and declared that the dynasty of Mona pane and his family was at an end, the throne vacant, and the Bourbons restored. CLIO. [Th he (anti/wed in Part vi.] THEATRICAL REGISTER. Per Armed Last Night. DJ EA TRE ROYAL, ILAYMA F.T.—Rtlie a Wife and Have a Wife: Leon, IVarde ; Estifania, Mrs. Glover. After which, The Agreeable Surprise. 'I'iiEATEE ROYAL, EN GLISH OPERA, ST RAND. , —The. Bull's Head i Principal Characters by Mr. Wrench and Miss Love. After which, Rosin:A. To which was added, La Pe.' rouse. • 'V For LrmnAßy ItEvir:w, see the First P•-ge—For POLI TICAL SOCIETY, Sect. 4, see the La< Page. s. AgarvEn-2 Dublin, 1 Waterford, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Gottenburgli, 1 France. DtrE-1 Waterford, 1 Lisbon. PRICE 01 7 STOCKS rtils DAY AT TWELVE: o'cLoCti. 3 per Cent. 1ied.......... 781} India 80nd5......955 945. pr. 3 per Cent. Cuns . .77iA Exch. Bilk, 2d... 19s. 21s. pr. MI per Cent 8 i Ditto, 2141.. 2N pr. 4 per Cents ...97.4q ()minium - dis. ii 5 per Cent. Navy A0E1.1064+4 I Cons.fur a ccount .... 79H 7N Bank L. Ann....2ni 9-i Gths . HIGH WATER XL LONIR)N BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Alorning,ll7 minutes after 3. I Evening ► 41 niimites after 3. AFFAIRS AT ST. HELENA. „ n ; ed The following Lett er , w hi c h was pr .— yesterday in The Morning Chronicle, appears ti° that Paper this day. W e can not be suPl" se ", - 13 have knowledge sufficient of the matters to whi c e it relates to be able to form a ny judgment on the affair, but the high character of Sir 1-1"9(31,1 Lowe renders it very improbable that. b e 09° ,. have given orders for any restrictions whicb..a...t did not deem absolutely necessary for t h e sectir it : of the Prisoner entrusted to his charge. " 3 ,. 'reason he might have for extending these restr'c' tions to Mr. O'MEARA, the English Stageci". l 'it is difficult to say, but we may fairly presuinefo; duet , suppose that he had good grounds for his c on , The tranquillity and security of Europe are ut into; - siderations of too much importance to be , ,„ . any comparison with the complaints of the lish Surgeon, and .from the tenour of his lette n riso• and the nature of his complaints, the onlY s ur r J ; that we.feel'on. the occasion is, that there 51119al'' have been the least hesitation in accepting his re. : •;,signation,.and sendibt bitn home by the firs t Tp.ottunity:: ,The very, channel in which this appears attaches some suspicion to it, froMj4fo(l' lirt:own political principles, or rather notions,::”. The Morning Chronicle, and its unqualified . 11°sti l lity to the British Government in all its operant/0' at'llome or abroad : (COPY.) • Longwood, April 19, 1 81 g. t . l n f —ACcording . to your Excellency ' s directions, col"Ilio caked to tie Yesterday by Major Gorrequer, procevde.dati Count Eertrand, and begged him, as I had not Pr esercc h's copy of the letter I had written to him on the 12th of month, to lend it me for the purpose of taking a C oil' whic he • did without the smallest hesitation. Indeed , a litth i:ior e fore the interview which took place between hint and letter Gorrequer, he asked me if I had any objections to WY rne a being sbewn to Major Gorrequer, and he has since In fo or me that his intentions were, that he might either W P ; 1 3 9 take a copy, as he bad done with several other parirs days before. „, For ten months your Excellency has several 1 " -e :, Via fested to me intentions to subject me to the same Ves f : ti d as the French prisoners, to which I have alwaYs re. :eel' consent . and I must beg leave now to state, that l our i s lency has not the right to do so, as Napoleon BuenaPart•retuis not considered as a Prisoner of War, otherwise th an by Vi the of an Act of Parliament; and the other French (a nt ere Te ri snie domestics) are not named in the Bill, and could 00t ISt jected to the restrictions which have been impos ed °nthc atitf if they had not given their consent by a written e n g age : 0 the effect of which ceases at the moment of their 01trri'are is clearly shewn by the recent departure of Ge ne'3l 6 ;Or gaud; therefore still stronger reasons exist that a n ltha tit lish subject cannot be submitted to such restrict ions W I a special and. written consent on his part, to which - as always protested, and protest I will never agree t°' 1s a would be signing the 'dishonour of the naval na ila t rm f tb would inevitably draw down upon the the conteal lore brother officers with whom I have the honour tog e r ' v .e. :netid fore, in the natural state of things, neither yotir ' PS- of nor any other authority can ?Abject me to rest r , i : ° , s l. trary to the rights of an Officer, and the laws of .5"."-° ipdr I have also had the honour to observe to yo" , I h n at pendent of the general guarantee of the laws, 1 has. ` 111 ; 81b ; a private one in the stipulations which I bad t nade r , i,li join uc. when Admiral Lord Keith, then commanding the co' — Fleet, in consequence of the request made to hilu 11/ gee ° Bertrand that I should he attached to Napoleon, a s Sur reen t , in place oft he French Surgeon whom the Englis h Geve do . had permitted to accompany him, authorized in e t° a tbi c° begged of his Lordship to give toe an order in 0' 164' lie declined doing. . It ;6°4 I recollect perfectly well his answer, which f t h' in my pm.% er to order you to accept of it, as i t is °at aa j naval service, and is a business altogether extraordiaad:rite must be voluntary on 'your part ; but I, as Cun'in9 : " c In d Chief, will authorise you to accept of it , and 1 3- ' , ls ,ts vi.- most strongly to do so, as I am convinced the Govera n) :: u r o• be obliged to you, and it is a situation which niaY o oit priety and honour be held by an Englishman." (JO' was impossible for me not to follow the advi ce of SeC s t i c olf tinguished Officer, nevertheless 'I made some etiP° l3 6o r at viz.:—that I should be at liberty to resign, sh°old sllotd3 situation not to be consonant to my wishes; that be borne upon the Navy List in my rank. as Su r g eu- o i ; r oe my time going on ; that I should not be P aid 5 3 0 14 ' sidered as dependant upon Napoleon Buonaparte, he t 3 ..icr oo ° tish Officer (and consequently not subject to ail re" e atel lif inflicted upon French prisoners) ; and I hav thatrePeo(ol: had the honour, verbally, to express to you , r to b than consent to allow my rights as, an English Ot tice , r , ( l s ° violated, 1 would prefer giving in my resignati°9d and ti' you appeared to be struck: with toy observations au ion er 9 pulations which I had made with the Lords Cnain'is' ' o f the Admiralty, I therefore concluded that you ha the b l e ed) ° I all idea of putting them in execution. When , e n , nut'''s, this month, I received instructions contrary to In t Y , : a rio o rights, the stipulations I had made, and the P r° „ e at° rcif V which I frequently made to yourself, which Yan sent to rue, I immediately comprehende d that it `. a way of obliging me to quit Longwo od. Pelienej:ed tat ty ties as a medical man, and humanity , alibe itroosPlt prior to quitting, I should acquaint NaPa le°Et a 4 l with my intention, and I did so. sn wile° s In neither the Army or Navy is it the cust°-0;t Officer is desirous to resign, for hint to first c' n f t he flightless the Duke of York, or th e First Lord n o do ing 5 15 per c 11311 : 6 "°' rally, touching the propriety or otherwise of the resignation tendered direct through the , r ay 54' 0 r itill* I` l is always the first intimation; therefore in s e j „. Oil nation to your Excellency without first consluszt:lo of only acting accurdini to the established en ;0 10°4 e n ot v services. , , u , In writing the letter to Count Bertrand 00 0 l it Ps be e f i 'vr the respect which I owe to your Excellency Government, as the question contained in the A ct yi quently agitated before. I have not violated floor ya; ei th restrictions c n i y LO,i written g‘voo d restrictioni have t e v m , t a Di:elanss:: bliseicatiiejj., cr imposed upon the inhabitants of II u ~ ti ~i <<r, %t e , 1~ t 4,, 0, o f r ay o p , N. I s; N I . L l ' e L l 4 r,..